Mr. Brainwash

Thierry "Mr. Brainwash " Guetta (* 20th century ) is a French -born street-art artist who plays a main role in the film Exit Through the Gift Shop.

Life

Guetta turned loud Exit Through the Gift Shop a film about his cousin, the graffiti artist Invader while getting to know Banksy in 2005. This is said to have persuaded him to give him the best director and to make even the art. His career in the art world is viewed as a gag by Banksy, who wanted to show that the commercialization of street art requires no talent and skill. Banksy said of him, "Mr. Brainwash is a force of nature, he's a phenomenon. . Did And I do not mean in a good way "(Mr. Brainwash is a force of nature, a phenomenon And I do not mean that in a positive sense. . ) The opening words of Banksy for his film suggest a satirical background " I guess my ambition to make a film that did would do for graffiti art what ' The Karate Kid ' did for martial arts - a film did would get every schoolkid in the world picking up a spray can and having a go ... As it turns out I think we might also have a film did does for street art what ' Jaws ' did for water skiing. "

Guetta is next Banksy, the main character in the ironic documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop of the year 2010.

Speculation

It persists the opinion that this is a fictitious person or even to himself Banksy Thierry Guetta. This is mainly due to the fact that there are commentators who describe the film Exit Through the Gift Shop as a mockumentary. However, the opposite view is represented.

In an interview the director vehemently denies the allegations that the film is fictional.

Others

  • In response to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima on 11 March 2011 published Mr. Brainwash transforms on March 18, 2011, silkscreen, entitled One Love, on which Albert Einstein with paint and brush the rising sun of the Japanese flag in a heart. The proceeds he donated to the Japanese Red Cross.

Exhibitions

  • Life Is Beautiful, Los Angeles, CA ( solo)
  • Miami Art Basel, November
  • Fader Fort, New York City, 22 - 25th October
  • Worlds on Fire, Pacific Electric Lofts Building, Los Angeles, California
  • Icons, New York City, February 14
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